that was actually my old design. not sure if i got any pics of the new one. but it just has a sauce pot on the bottom instead of a spout… less agitation during pours.
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Wasn’t it u getting super clear terps. Didn’t u mention that maybe wasn’t hydrocarbon extraction for them or was super secret tec… That’s what I’m interested in now
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to get pure terps it’s different tek and not crc. again i think crc takes away from the terp profile. I put together my own system for those but can’t share because i’m working with someone on it currently and it’s kinda hush hush
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Can you tell me if it’s hydrocarbon?
butane only
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Yeah @Future where’s his badge for thcA terp expert!
Are they pulled early the material or live? Am I getting close
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My guess would be indoor fresh frozen terp fraction ran through a short path distilled to get a clear terp fraction then reintroduced into thca diamonds
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I think he said he CLS the shit! Wouldn’t the “path” ruin the profile
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good guess but no i’ll let the mystery remain lol.
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Id guess he’s using butane gas and cold trap to collect terps
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i will say this some terp profiles come out better then others. not all terps going through this tek are amazing
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So I was way off? It’s an actual Tek not material Tek?
material plays a big role but yes there is tek involved as well. that’s all i can say.
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Can you elaborate…I get the cold trap(for butane that’s bad ain’t it?) but how and when do I play it in?
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I have no hands on shortpath experience but have studied a lot of teks and have seen one for clear 95-99% purity terps using the method i described pretty sure they said it was a cold path tek . I no its secret but it has to be this or the cold trap on live resin FF indoor . I thought it might be a terp fraction from a crc run. I know the expert crc people who have it dialed fully can pull pure terps before any cannabinoids but you said no crc. We will just have to experiment but i know were close !!!
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Thanks for that great write up and response. I guess I was just thinking of pressure directly related to temperature. So if increasing temperature works why wouldn’t pressure? Assuming the current pressure in the miner is a result of off gassing butane wouldn’t adding pressure force the vapor tane back into a liquid state thereby changing the saturation rate?
Sorry, I know I’m probably thinking all wrong but just trying to wrap my head around the most important aspects. And if pressure is wasting my time I’ll bypass that variable all together and leave it as a fixed varible dependent on Temp. Thanks in advance for your advice and input
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i’ve never gotten a pure clear terp fraction from crc. close but there’s always a touch o yellow when the run gets reduced even when the whole run comes out clear. and again i think crc takes away from the true terp profile. when it comes to flavor i’d take a fresh frozen run over a crc fresh frozen run any day of the week. i’ve done a bunch of side by sides and the regular fresh frozen has a better taste every time. people will argue that all day but to each there own.
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Yeah by the way more faceted stones! Damn things look cut by jeweler
If you “blast” any gas through a tube of herb you will take the volatile’s with it, how well and efficient depends on the side variables and parameters such as temps, pressures, velocity etc.
The easier part is removing them, the harder part is collecting them. As you well know, in order to liquify or solidify the now gaseous aromatic fraction we need to cool it down to collect it. According to the good folks at labconco( How to select the correct Cold Trap - Labconco ) you want your cold trap to be as cold as the substances lowest melting point, which is variable, but fwiw limonene’s is -76c’ish and according to that labconco article if using dry ice/iso or acetone might only capture 80%ish of the limonene, obviously depending on the cold trap efficiency. Remember thats a 1atm, if using a vacuum to assist in extraction you lower the melting points as well as the boilings.
If he’s using only butane to extract pure clear terps that’d be my guess, perhaps there is a benefit of using butane over other inert gasses Im not sure.
Check out thetetraguys art: https://future4200.com/uploads/default/optimized/3X/4/f/4f430bc77553ad663bf6cd20e011ae5fea477697_2_666x500.jpeg
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Yes i believe the added pressure of nitrogen on top of butane would force it back into solution, though Im not positive about it, or know how much pressure would be required. This would effect the saturation but remember the liquid to gas expansion rate of butane(I dont remember it) but its very roughly probably something like 4000:1 so if you had 1 liter of head space how much possible liquid tane is available to be manipulated back into solution? a couple ml’s? How much added pressure to accomplish that, pressures can be controlled safely but In my mind why go over the “natural” pressures to accomplish a little saturation adjustment vs changing the temp or solvent amount?
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